Ray Rice's Wife Criticizes NFL, Media In Instagram Post

Janay Rice with her
husband, Ray Rice, during a May 23 news conference in Owings
Mills, Maryland. Ray Rice was released from the Baltimore Ravens
on Monday.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky,
File

Janay Rice, wife of the suspended NFL running back Ray Rice,
called her husband's punishment "horrific" in an Instagram post
on Tuesday morning, a day after he
was cut from the Ravens and suspended from the NFL for
knocking her unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator in
February.

She also implies that the NFL suspended her husband only for
"ratings," writing: "To take something away from the man I love
that he has worked his a** off for all his life just to gain
ratings is horrific."

The statement:

I woke up this morning feeling like I had a horrible nightmare,
feeling like I'm mourning the death of my closest friend. But to
have to accept the fact that it's reality is a nightmare in
itself. No one knows the pain that the media & unwanted
options from the public has caused my family. To make us relive a
moment in our lives that we regret everyday is a horrible thing.
To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his
a-- off for all his life just to gain ratings is a
horrific. THIS IS OUR
LIFE! What don't you all get. If your intentions were to hurt us,
embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away, you've
succeeded on so many levels. Just know we will continue to grow
& show the world what real love is! Ravensnation we love
you!